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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Obama on immigration

By Pete Yost, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Refusing to rule on the merits of the case, a federal judge has rejected an Arizona sheriff's lawsuit seeking to halt President Barack Obama's plan to spare nearly 5 million people from deportation.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio seeks to stop Obama’s immigration order in court

By Pete Yost, Associated Press

Among the evidence in the case is a set of Arpaio press releases and letters to Homeland Security officials that say more than 35 percent of immigrants living in Maricopa County illegally who wound up in Arpaio's jails in 2014…

Supreme Court blocks Arizona push to limit abortion drugs

By Associated Press

The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that blocked rules that regulate where and how women can take drugs that induce abortion. The rules also would prohibit the use of the abortion medications after the seventh…

Sea of clouds cover the Grand Canyon in rare weather event

By Lorna Baldwin

Imagine showing up for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to view the Grand Canyon in Arizona only to find the deep ravine completely covered by clouds. If you went today, that’s what you saw — a rare total cloud inversion just below…

Second beheading dares U.S. to act

By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford

The reported beheading of another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, by the Islamic State group is almost daring President Obama and the United States’ European allies to act. President Obama responded Wednesday morning from Estonia, where he is on an overseas…